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WEST GEORGIAN
VOLUME 51, NUMBER 8
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Kennesaw mascot
departsfo r "litter
box in the sky"
The unofficial mascot of Ken
nesaw College, affectionately
known as Mama Cat, was put to
sleep July 27 by a local
veterinarian after a summer of
failing health.
The eight year-old tabby and
white cat lived between the
Library and Science buildings for
a number of years.
The library staff took in the cat
seven years ago and had it
spayed to prevent more of her off
spring from dying during cold
winters. On july 27, the aquisi
tions librarian took Mama Cat to
the vet for tests and the cat was
diagnosed as having Feline
Leukemia Virus and euthanasia
was recommended.
(Courtesy of the Kennesaw Col
lege SENTINEL)
GSU to take over
DeKalb campuses
After several months of intense :
negotiations, Georgia State
University will begin renting the
north and south campuses of
Dekalb Community College for
only $1 per month.
The University System Board
of Regents met Sept. 20 and gave
approval for GSU to use five
classrooms at the north campus
of Dekalb College to conduct 46
upper division and
undergraduate courses in the
next year. Under terms of the
contract, Dekalb will still offer
freshman and sophomore-level
classes and GSU has agreed not
to not to offer courses at the north
campus which would conflict
with the Dekalb College cur
riculum.
GSU spokesmen estimate the
actual cost to operate the classes
will be approximately $210,000
but are optimistic the move will
lead to a set of four one-year con
tracts which will see a merger of
GSU and the north and south
Dekalb campuses.
( Courtesy of the GSU SIGNAL)
Kennesaw offers
master's degrees
Kennesaw College will begin of
fering Master’s Degree pro
grams in Business and Education
effective Winter Quarter 1985, in
corporating a core which will
consist of unique courses in inter
national management, effective
communication and business
ethics.
Master’s Degree programs will
be offered in accounting, finan
cial services, marketing, human
resource planning and develop
ment and institutional ad
ministration. Programs will also
be offered in the K-4 and K-8
education fields but classes will
also be available to teachers
wishing to renew their certifica
tion.
(Courtesy of the Kennesaw Col
lege SENTINEL)
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G. GORDON LIDDY AT WEST
GEORGIA COLLEGE. (Photo by
Jane Cooper)
SGA resignations leave Senate vacancies
By Angela Webster
Five senate seats are available
and students wishing to run have un
til Thursday to apply, said Student
Government Association president
Tony Parnigoni at Monday’s
meeting.
Some of the seats were never filled
because students didn’t run for
them, and two SGA members recent
ly resigned, accounting for the
vacancies.
Senator Sharon Harrop was
elected secretary at Monday’s
meeting to replace Kellie Ashe, who
resigned because of a schedule con
flict and will not attend West
Georgia winter quarter.
Senator Laurie Walker also resign
ed due to outside activities.
Parnigoni said that students
wishing to run for the seats must
have a 2.0 GPA and must have at
tended West Georgia two of the last
three preceeding quarters. Applica
tions may be obtained from the SGA
office or the Student Activities of
fice.
SGA vice president Debra Globe
CAN YOU BE INDUCED?
Hypnotist searches for subjects
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M.T. CHOBE (seated left) tests 18 year-old freshman
Scott Fagan's Extrasensory abilities with a deck of ESP
Debate coach analyzes presidential debate see opinion page
West Georgia College,Carrollton, Georgia 30118
America a 'little old lady'says Liddy
By Don Stilwell
West Georgian Editor
Watergate mastermind G. Gordan
Liddy, his eyes fixed squarely
ahead, flatly says that he “fears
nothing”...not the impending
possibility of assassination, not the
mushrooming potential for nuclear
war, not the Soviets,...in short, not
death itself.
And he will readily admit to only
one regret in his involvement with
Watergate that the mission failed.
In a nutshell, he is the spirit of ex
istentialism.
It is not enough to be a survivor.
“One must prevail,” he says.
So it is hardly surprising that he
labels America a nation plagued by
illusions, a land whose people fail to
knowthe meaning of “prevail.”
“The vast majority of Americans
live lives of illusions,” he told a 1000-
plus West Georgia audience
Thursday night. “Either they are
unable at all to apprehend the real or
they tend to turn away from or shim
the harder aspects of it. ”
Symptomatic of that disease, he
said, is the American penchant for
double-talk, or as he puts it, a “con
tradiction in terms.” The garbage
man, he said, has become a
“sanitary engineer;” our enemies
have become “adversaries;”
prisons have become “correctional
institutions;” prisoners have
become “inmates.”
discussed last Wednesday’s interest
group meeting for starting a year
book. She said that approximately 20
people attended, and seven of these
were past editors of their high school
yearbook.
“They seem like they’re really en
thused about it,” Globe said.
Despite this enthusiasm, Globe
said not to look for the yearbook
anytime soon, since it will take this
year for the yearbook effort to get
organized. Those involved in plann
ing the yearbook will meet again this
week to draw up a budget proposal
and discuss possibilities for a faculty
advisor. The meeting will be held
Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in room
201 of the Student Center.
The voter registration drive has
continued to draw unregistered
voters, with 220 signed up as of 12
noon on Monday. Parnigoni said that
he expects the drive will have
registered over 250 students before it
ends.
Denise Fulcher, an SGA represen
tative to the Carrollton City Council,
‘The world is not Bel-Aire...lt is the
South Bronx at 2:30 in the morning. ,
G. Gordon Liddy
“We were all referred to as in
mate,” Liddy said of his 52-month
long stay in nine prisons, “as if this
we were some kind of fat farm where
we all went to to lose weight.”
But, said Liddy, “The world is not
Belle Air...lt’s the South Bronx at
2:30 in the morning.”
On the other hand, said Liddy,
there is the Soviet Union, the
equivalent of a 6’7”, 279-pound, M-16-
carrying offensive tackle.
“The United States is viewed less
and less in terms of an offensive
tackle and more and more in terms
of the little old lady.... The life of illu
sion that we lead as a people is readi
ly apparent to the citizens of the rest
of the world and it doesn’t inspire
confidence.”
According to Liddy, U.S. military
strength is “not even in the
ballpark” with Soviet strength.
“They are out-producing us 2-1
(in) in combat aircraft, 3-1 (in)
tanks, 7-1 (in) artillery.”
The Soviets, according to Liddy,
have 194 army divisions aided by
50,000 tanks while the United States
sports a meager 20 divisions backed
gave a report on the Georgia Student
Association (GSA). She said that the
SGA will be receiving information on
legislation that affects students in
Georgia.
Fulcher, Parnigoni and senator
Juanita Parks, along with several
other GSA members not from West
Georgia, will meet with Lieutenant
Governor Zell Miller the first week
in November to discuss student pro
blems throughout Georgia.
Parnigoni reported on last Monday
night’s City Council meeting where
there was a discussion concerning
the proximity of beer and wine
establishments to local churches.
One solution discussed was that all
places serving beer and wine have
mandatory 50 percent food sales.
Parnigoni noted that if this were to
occur, establishments such as the
Longbranch and Faces might be
forced out of business.
The SGA will hold a credit card
drive early next week to begin col
lecting funds for the SGA Leadership
Award, a scholarship given by the
cards. (Photo by Ris Cowan)
up by only 13,000 tanks.
He listed other inbalances: the
Soviet’s 653 naval vesse's to our 361;
their 6500 planes to our 5000, 50 per
cent of which, according to Liddy,
are not ready for flight at any given
time because “they are older than
the pilots who fly them. ”
In addition, said Liddy, the U.S.’s
triad nuclear weapons system is out
moded. Ground-based missies are
all but useless because the U.S. sold
the Russians the technology to make
them so. Our submarine-launched
missiles are equally useless, said
Liddy, because the Soviets can pin
point our submarines at any time
where they are in the water; and air
launched missiles are not any more
help to us if they are being delivered
by a fleet of planes that are so out
dated that half of them can barely
get off the ground.
According to Liddy, the U.S. can
launch an air attack against the
Soviets with “the speed of Eastern
Airlines.”
Continued on page 3
SGA to an outstanding West Georgia
student. Last year’s recipient was
Sam Peabody, a theatre student.
Senator Martin Rolle brought up a
problem which he said has been oc
curring to Black Greek organiza
tions on campus. He said that “peo
ple in the community” have been
coming to the Greek’s parties and, in
some instances, pulling guns on
them.
“There should be tighter security
out there,” said Pamigoni.
“They (public safety) have guys
working the parties now,” said
Rolle, “but you need a uniformed
guard out there.”
“We need to raise it to Public
Safety’s attention,” said Parnigoni.
Senator Michael Hanson said that
similar incidents have occurred in
the gymnasium, which he describes
as a “free-for-all.” Hanson said that
people have been destroying proper
ty there.
“It really doesn’t matter to them,”
said Hanson. “They don’t go to West
Georgia.”
BY KYLE RICHARDS
Most people mistake hypnosis as a
form of entertainment in which a
person is put into a zombie-like state
and performs such uncommon acts
as “clucking around a stage like a
chicken,” but Dr. Don L. Rice of the
West Georgia College Psychology
Department will use it as a serious
aid in his research parap
sychological patterns people
sometimes encounter while in a very
relaxed condition.
“There have been different
reports of persons who, while in a
state of relaxation have had extra
sensory experiences, particularly
while in the dream stages of sleep,”
said Dr. Rice. “What we are testing
for is the enhancement of this ESP
ability while a subject is under a
trance induced state.”
Assisting Dr. Rice in research is
Mr. Moreshawar T. Chobe, a
graduate student from India who has
studied parapsychology at Duke
University’s Institute of Parap
sychology. Chobe claims he has also
had precognative dream ex
periences which adds to his interest
and excitement on the subject.
“He (Chobe) will primarily be set
ting up the ESP part of the experi
ment, and I will be responsible for
the hypnosis part of it,” said Dr.
Rice.
The types of things that willing
participants of the experiments will
be specifically tested for are 1)
telepathy - which is the ability to
communicate to another by means
other than the five outer senses; 2)
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PERMIT NO 155
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10,1984
Liddy Analysis
By Ris Cowan
News Editor
The hour approached midnight
in a clammy, back room of the
gym, and G. Gordon Liddy was
still fielding line-drive questions
from the college media in an icy
cool style that sent shivers of
disbelief up the spine.
He was a pro at this game by
now.
He had “prevailed” over the
doggedness of tougher reporters
before and seemed unshakeable,
even after hours of flawless
lecturing and answering ques
tions from a skeptical but cap
tured audience at West Georgia
College.
He said he feared nothing and
he definitely did not fear college
reporters.
Liddy made no excuses for his
planning the Watergate break-ins
of 1972 and admitted that he had
no remorse for what he did.
“My only regret is that I fail
ed,” said Liddy. “I got caught.”
In the 90 minutes that followed,
Liddy handled questions ranging
from his lack of religious beliefs
to his plot to kill columnist Jack
Anderson to how his family has
been affected by his past.
“Mrs. Liddy had sense enough
not to ask,” he said bluntly. Liddy
also said he did not discuss his
Watergate involvement with his
children because “they are my
children, not my peers. ”
Despite references to the Scrip
tures and other religious writings
as evidence for his off-the-wall
brand of existentialism, Liddy
claimed that the Bible is nothing
more than a historical document
and that even though he admits
his actions were illegal, morality
is “subjective” when it comes to
judging his part in Watergate.
“By my morality, it (the break
ins) was ethical,” he explained
simply.
Liddy’s ethics did not prevent
him from plotting to kill
newspaper columnist Jack
Anderson for allegedly revealing
CIA operations in the Soviet
Union. Claiming he acted under a
directive “from the White
House,” Liddy explained how he
and other intelligence leaders
were told to “guarantee” that
Anderson never reveal secret in
formation again. He and his
associates decided the best way
Continued on page 3
clairvoyance - which is the ability to
perceive objects that are beyond the
range of the ordinary senses; and
also 3) precognition - which includes
predicting an event before it hap
pens.
According to Dr. Rice, the tests
will include “being able to predict
numbers that will appear at random
in such a way in which no one will be
able to guess what the numbers will
be.”
Another test will involve the use of
special cards developed by Dr. J.
Rhine, formerly a professor of Duke
University who is considered the
father of modem parapsychology.
Since these tests and others will be
conducted while the subject is under
hypnosis or a “trance induced
state,” he may wonder if he will be
doing things like walking on glass or
levitating. Dr. Rice assures that
there will be no such dangers .
He stressed that people have the
misconception that hypnosis is
something mystical and beyond
understanding. Rice simply defines
hypnosis as “a very trance-like
state; the ability to get the mind and
the body relaxed.”
He continued to say that one can
not be hypnotized unless he wants to
be, and the subject is able to leave
the hypnotic trance anytime he
wishes, and is, therefore, not in any
danger.
The ESP research which is ex
pected to last into the next quarter
will begin this Thursday evening at
6:30 in room 212 in the Social Science
building.